Tag: cmd

Creating a bootbale USB Stick from Xubuntu ISO file on command line (Update)

It took me some research to get this proved instructions to work for any kind of USB Stick and any Linux/ubuntu distro to boot from.

Any usb-creator GUI did not work (for me) and also caused some bugs…

[Current issue at the releases 15.04 and 15.10] There are problems with the Startup Disk Creator alias usb-creator, if you try to create a 15.04 boot drive from the versions 12.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS of Ubuntu. See this link to the release notes https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/ReleaseNotes#Boot.2C_installation_and_post-install. Unetbootin works from Ubuntu 12.04.5 and 14.04.2 (can make a working USB boot drive for Ubuntu 15.04), but the bug is still there in Startup Disk Creator (tested April 29 2015 (and October 22 for 15.10))

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How to copy a directory with all subfolder/files to a new destination

  • Option A
    You can copy the content of a folder /theme to another existing folder /Theme with the command

    cp -a /theme/. /Theme/

    The -a option is a recursive option, that help you keep all file attributes.

    The . at end of the source path is a specific cp syntax that allow you to copy all files and (sub-)folders, included hidden ones.

  • Option B
    You can use cpio for this action.

    # find /theme | cpio -vdump /Theme

    Options -v = verbose dump = ensure all files inclusive all correct rights and permissions are copied.

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Ubuntix